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🧸 Showing Math with Objects and Words

Turn math into something you can touch and talk about! Use bears, blocks, and buttons to show numbers, then learn the math words that tell the story.

3
lessons
~30 min
to learn
🔢 Math
subject
Ages 6–12
level
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What you’ll learn

  1. Show It with ThingsUse bears, blocks, and buttons to show numbers, add small groups, and take away.Real things make numbers easy to see. Count out 4 bears to show 4. Push 3 blocks and 2 blocks together to make 5. Slide 2 buttons away from 5 to leave 3. Adding puts groups together; taking away leaves fewer.
  2. Say It in Math WordsUnderstand math words like more, fewer, equal, altogether, and left.Math words tell us what is happening. 'More' means the bigger group and 'fewer' means the smaller one; 'equal' means the same. 'Altogether' means add the groups and count them all, while 'how many left' means take some away and count the rest.
  3. Objects and Words TogetherTell a number story using objects and matching math words, then count the answer.A math story works best with objects and words together. Line up 3 toy cars, roll in 2 more, and say '5 altogether.' First show it with things, then say it with a math word, then count. That is how you solve any little number story.

Questions this course answers

How can you show the number 4 with bears?

Counting out 4 bears into a group shows the number 4 with real things.

You push 3 red blocks and 2 blue blocks together. How many blocks?

3 blocks and 2 blocks joined together make 5 blocks.

You have 5 buttons and slide 2 away. How many are left?

Taking 2 buttons away from 5 leaves 3 buttons.

You have 7 apples and 4 apples. Which group is MORE?

7 is a bigger number than 4, so the group of 7 apples is more.

The word 'altogether' tells you to...

'Altogether' means join the groups and count them all as one.

Which words mean you should TAKE AWAY?

'How many are left' means some went away, so you take away and count the rest.

Grounded in trusted sources

  • PBS Kids — early math
  • Khan Academy Kids
  • NAEYC — early math learning
  • Britannica Kids

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